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“How Dangerous are Demons?” #694 – January 29, 2012

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How Dangerous are Demons?

Ezekiel 28:16: (NASB) By the abundance of your trade you were internally filled with violence, and you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane from the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire.

Special Guest: Allen Springer

We live in a world of battles and contradictions. We have political battles, philosophical battles and moral battles. We have battles between nations, peoples and religions. We battle disease, cold and hunger. We battle ourselves. And we battle against evil. We battle against the dark, treacherous and sin-filled paths of evil. And if that isn’t enough, that battle also takes place with powers that we can only imagine, both for good and evil. We will look at the powers of darkness – the powers of evil as expressed through the demons who inhabit our atmosphere.

First, where does Satan, highest of the demons, come from?

(Source: joyofsatan.org) True Satanism is about elevating and empowering humanity, which was our True Creator (Satan's) intention. We know Satan/Lucifer as a real being. We know Satan to be the True Father and Creator God of humanity. We know "Yahweh/Jehovah" of the bible to be a fictitious entity, and the people behind coercing this lie, to be the true deceivers of humanity and the masters of lies. This is evident in the many contradictions within the Judeo/Christian Bible, revealing this text to be the work of human beings who had occult knowledge and infused it with power to make it credible, and to incite fear in order to control….

Humans created as slaves, High Priestess Maxine Dietrich

• Ancient astronaut theory – the gods came here and created humanity to work in mines or whatever as slaves. We were to be destroyed when the project was completed, but Satan and his demons fell in love with human women and bore demigods through them. There are many different demons who are half human, half god.

One of Satan’s main tactics is to take some truth and mix with a great amount of error. There are some similarities in the Genesis account that we will review shortly.

Ezekiel 28:11-15: (NASB) 11Again the word of the LORD came to me saying, 12Son of man, take up a lamentation over the king of Tyre and say to him, Thus says the Lord GOD, You had the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. 13You were in Eden, the garden of God; every precious stone was your covering: ...On the day that you were created they were prepared. 14You were the anointed cherub who covers, and I placed you there. You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked in the midst of the stones of fire. 15You were blameless in your ways from the day you were created until unrighteousness was found in you.

Clearly the actual King of Tyre wasn’t in Eden as an anointing cherub. We follow the logic to understand that this symbolically is Satan.

Observations about Satan so far:

• He had perfection, wisdom and beauty.

• He was anointed and placed by God in Eden.



• He was blameless UNTIL unrighteousness was found in him.

Ezekiel 28:16-17: (NASB) 16By the abundance of your trade you were internally filled with violence, and you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane from the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, O covering cherub, from the midst of the stones of fire. 17Your heart was lifted up because of your beauty; you corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I cast you to the ground; I put you before kings, that they may see you.

So the beginnings of Satan were glorious and good. He was held in the highest esteem and given the responsibility of watching over the newly-created human race. But within his heart was evil and a longing for that which was not his.

Where do demons come from?

The Epic of Gilgamesh, High Priestess Maxine Dietrich

• If we look to the old epics like the Epic of Gilgamesh and ancient writings from ancient Samaria discovered over the last 100 years, we find a lot of these writings saying the same thing. The truth can’t be totally suppressed.

(Source: Wikipedia) Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from Mesopotamia and is among the earliest known works of literature. Scholars believe that it originated as a series of Sumerian legends and poems about the protagonist of the story, Gilgamesh king of Uruk…The story revolves around a relationship between Gilgamesh and his close companion, Enkidu. Enkidu is a wild man created by the gods as Gilgamesh's equal to distract him from oppressing the citizens of Uruk. Together they undertake dangerous quests that incur the displeasure of the gods. (More detail in CQ Bonus Material)

Mythology is truth, High Priestess Maxine Dietrich

• Mythology is not a myth, it is truth that considers the interaction of the gods with humans. The Christian church has made them look like myths, when they themselves are fictitious. But these stories and legends go back thousands of years and have been altered - the names and identities of the gods have changed, but it’s still along the same theme.

Genesis 6:1-2: (NASB) 1Now it came about, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them, 2that the sons of God saw that the daughters of men were beautiful; and they took wives for themselves, whomever they chose.

Hmmm…doesn’t this sound scarily familiar to the first sound-byte?

Those sons of God were angels given some role to play before the flood. Unfortunately, they were tempted, materialized and fell (therefore they are called “fallen angels,” or demons). So “gods” did interact with humans. It is reasonable to show a connection between mythology and the Bible. The names have changed but the themes are similar.

Genesis 6:3-5: (NASB) 3Then the LORD said, My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; nevertheless his days shall be one hundred and twenty years. 4The Nephilim were on the earth in those days, and also afterward, when the sons of God came in to the daughters of men, and they bore children to them. Those were the mighty men who were of old, men of renown. 5Then the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was great on the earth, and that every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually.

These Nephilim were the offspring of this ungodly union between angels and women. They were superior to the humans in power, vigor, and perhaps size.



(Source: Bible Commentator Matthew Poole) Giants: men so called, partly from their high stature, but principally for their great strength and force, whereby they oppressed and tyrannized over others: for this is mentioned as another sin, and cause of the flood; and therefore they seem to be here noted, not for the height of their stature, which is no crime, but for their violence, which also is expressed beneath, Genesis 6:13.

Also refer to: The Two Babylons (1853), Alexander Hislop, and Mythology and the Bible, Morton Edgar http://www.agsconsulting.com/myth.htm

Mythology is based on some truth. The reality is what took place before the flood with the accounts we are reading here in Genesis 6. This was later corrupted and broadened when Nimrod and his mother rose up after the flood. In their account, they begin to develop the theme that Satan is the good guy, and the ones God was dealing with are vilified and said they are evil. These ideas began to develop with Nimrod in history.

What do demons want?

They want what their leader wants…power! Satan used his influence in the garden and afterwards to become the ruler of this world. God allowed it, as it would serve as an eternal lesson for all…

Satan’s current position: 2 Corinthians 4:4: (KJV) In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

Satan is the “god of this world;” he is in the darkness; therefore, he is a god of darkness. How does he get away with it?

Satan’s followers' current position: 2 Corinthians 11:14-15: (KJV) 14And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light. 15Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

He is transformed to look like an angel of light; plus he has blinded the minds of people that do not see. This makes a web of deception run by Satan and demons!

Joy of Satan, dedicating our souls to Satan - High Priestess Maxine Dietrich

• Because humanity has been cut off from spiritual knowledge and ability, we have been victimized. Satan and his demons lost because they were outnumbered. It was a smaller coven against a much larger coven – the energy of souls is what makes up the coven. That is why we dedicate our souls to Satan – we make a huge vortex of energy. Satan has already informed me that we won, but because humanity has been cut off from spiritual knowledge and ability, we’ve been victimized.

Matthew 4:2-4: (NASB) 2And after he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he then became hungry. 3And the tempter came and said to him, If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread. 4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.



Satan and his followers tempt! Matthew 4:5-7: (NASB) 5Then the devil took him into the holy city and had him stand on the pinnacle of the temple, 6and said to him, If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down; for it is written, He will command his angels concerning you; and On their hands they will bear you up, so that you will not strike your foot against a stone. (Satan uses scripture!) 7Jesus said to him, On the other hand, it is written, You shall not put the Lord your God to the test.

We don’t think that Satan actually materialized, because after the flood demons were confined to “chains of darkness,” so we presume they cannot materialize any longer. But they can influence the mind, so we believe he communicated with Jesus through the mind.

Intro, disturbing testimony from a former Satanist, youtube.com

• I’m not sure if anyone is going to believe this because it sounds like a fantasy. We are born into a war and you’d be very foolish not to understand that. Demons are real and people are influenced by bad spirits and demonic activity and they follow people…

One of Satan’s methods of deception is to set up a counterfeit. That counterfeit has to be pretty close to the original or else people wouldn’t be duped.

Do demons have unlimited power?

(Source: joyofsatan.org) The Original Gods [Demons] were unjustly labeled as monsters and branded as "evil" to keep humanity from spiritual knowledge. Because of this, the human race has drastically degenerated both spiritually and intellectually. Spiritual Satanism strongly advocates all learning, knowledge, inquiry, and free thought. Spiritual Satanism supports the separation of church and state. Satanists do not push Satanism or proselytize. Spiritual Satanists acknowledge science and believe everything of the occult/supernatural to have a rational scientific explanation. We believe humanity has been held back dangerously in this area due to the hoax of Judeo/Christianity and its relentless attacks upon science for centuries.

Their powers were taken from them, High Priestess Maxine Dietrich

• At least I knew what we needed to do, because what happened - apparently through spiritual warfare - their powers were taken from them. The enemy took their powers from them by taking a part of their soul.

This is partially true.

2 Peter 2:4: (RVIC) For if God spared not angels when they sinned, but cast them down to Tartarus, and committed them to chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment;

These angels were “demoted” and cast into spiritual darkness, away from the light of God and His presence. We believe that they are confined in the earth’s atmosphere, but not allowed to materialize. They lost part of their power, just like Maxine said. She is getting some real information in a warped fashion. Satan appears to be working through this woman.

Jude 1:6-7: (NASB) 6And angels who did not keep their own domain, but abandoned their proper abode, He has kept in eternal bonds under darkness for the judgment of the great day, 7just as Sodom and Gomorrah and the cities around them, since they in the same way as these indulged in gross immorality and went after strange flesh, are exhibited as an example in undergoing the punishment of eternal fire.



Some cannot be removed, Andrew Calder, Exorcist, dangersoftheparanormal.com

• I’ve worked with a number of paranormal researchers that have become possessed. And I’ll tell you what…depending upon what demon you’re dealing with, some of them can’t be removed. These things can stay with you for a lifetime and you can pass them on to your children, your spouse. It’s the “gift that keeps on giving.”

Our advice is to stay as far away from demons as possible. As human beings, we are simply outclassed. In the interaction with demons, we are outclassed by the enemy. They are bigger, stronger, faster and have been around thousands of years. They know us better than we do. A good analogy is a folded piece of paper. Those “dabbling” in the demonic can leave a “crease” in the paper that can never be removed.

How do demons work to get what they want?

We know that God bestows His spirit – His power and influence - upon His chosen followers. Demons seek to mimic this. They possess, they mimic the workings of God in our lives.

Demons (their influence) “enter.” We will look at this in stages.

Luke 22:3-4: (NRSV) 3Then Satan entered <1525> into Judas called Iscariot, who was one of the twelve; 4he went away and conferred with the chief priests and officers of the temple police about how he might betray him to them.

We have scriptural examples of individuals who were possessed by demons and operated mechanically. It is quite evident that Judas did not act mechanically. By his own volition, he allowed Satan to enter him. The fallen angels and Satan cannot influence us if we don’t want them to. The lesson? Satan’s mere influence can lead to our betraying our Lord! Beware!!

The demonic know how to play us, Andrew Calder, Exorcist, dangersoftheparanormal.com

• The demonic and malevolent know how to play us – how to push our buttons because they’ve been around for thousands of years, much longer than we’ve been alive, so they know how a human being works, how the psychic sensitivities work. They don’t necessarily have to possess you, but they can be attached to you.

There can be lingering effects of demonism in our lives.

Demons possess and control: Matthew 4:24: And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils <1139>…

Why was there such a large amount of demon possession in Jesus’ day? Because the people had gotten away from their covenant with God. Therefore, they were more under the influences of idolatry. They were opening themselves to the influences of darkness.



Jesus was more powerful than they were. Remember when the demons had to ask for permission to go out of a person and go into a herd of swine. The name of Jesus can protect us.

The fictitious Nazarene, High Priestess Maxine Dietrich

• The full blooded grays are behind the Christianity hoax. They have full blooded enemy Nordics that pose as that fictitious Nazarene to fool people – of course the fictitious Nazarene has become a major thought form so it actually survives on his own, even though he’s a lie…

True Christianity is indeed the enemy of demons.

Demons are not satisfied unless they are able to control: Matthew 12:43-45: (NASB) 43Now when the unclean spirit goes out of a man, it passes through waterless places seeking rest, and does not find it. 44Then it says, I will return to my house from which I came; and when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order. 45Then it goes and takes along with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and live there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. That is the way it will also be with this evil generation.

We think they are addicted to possessing people. They always want to be influencing someone and express themselves through a human body since they can’t materialize. It is not comfortable unless it is manipulating somebody. We really need to be aware.

Take a moment right now and write down all of the movies and television shows that you know deal with the paranormal, superhuman powers, demons, vampires, the devil, witchcraft, etc. You could make a very large list! What does this do to the average person? It is just television, so no harm done? It is very harmful because it desensitizes us to these things and makes us think they are not paranormal but normal. We have to stay away from them because they are dangerous. Normalizing demonism begins the process of opening your mind to accepting whatever the demons have to offer. It becomes “entertaining.”

Remember “permission to enter” is possible when we do not have righteousness occupying our minds. Satan and his demons are looking for places to plant and flourish their influence.

The fact that these demons are restrained in chains of darkness and their power and influence is under constant guard indicates that they have absolutely no power for good, for they are locked out of the source of all good.

What lets demons into and what chases them out of our lives?

We become obsessed, Andrew Calder, Exorcist, dangersoftheparanormal.com

• One of the biggest keys is obsession – people get obsessed with EVP’s, Ouija boards, séances – anything that opens the doorway up – it’s something fun, it’s cool, you’ve got other worldly things talking to you – wanting to communicate - giving you information and knowledge that nobody else knows – so you start cutting yourself off from outside sources – you don’t go to church, you don’t listen to positive people, and you listen to these things all the time.

(For more on “EVPs, please see CQ Rewind Full Edition Bonus Material.)



We get obsessed with these things because they are interesting. First you are obsessed, then you are possessed. We want to throw out the counterfeit and keep the truth.

Colossians 3:15: Let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, since as members of one body you were called to peace. And be thankful.

James 2:19: (ASV) Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and shudder.

Having an intellectual belief is a good start, but there has to be more.

Philippians 2:9-11: (NASB) 9For this reason also, God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, 10so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.

Jesus had the power and authority to cast out demons when he was on earth. Now he is even more powerful that he has risen. He is on our side! Demons are real and our remedy, Jesus, is very real.

Philippians 4:6-7: (NASB) 6Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. 7And the peace of God, which surpasses all comprehension, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Hebrews 2:14: (NASB) Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death he might render powerless him who had the power of death, that is, the devil…

Eventually Satan will be bound and rendered powerless. But we can render him powerless in our own lives if we stay close to Jesus. Light dispels the darkness.

Satan is to be bound during the 1,000 years of Christ's reign: Revelation 20:1-3: (KJV) 1And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. 2And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, 3And cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled: and after that he must be loosed a little season.

…and then destroyed. His destruction is certain.

Revelation 20:10: (RVIC) And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be put to the test day and night for ever and ever.

Stay away from the demons and stay close to Jesus! The application of that is a chore because we are surrounded with demonic influence and making the paranormal normal. We are surrounded with the entry of demonism into our lives as a regular thing. Arm yourself with the armor of God that you can stand in such an evil time.

Romans 8:38-39: (NASB) 38For I am convinced that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, 39nor height, nor depth, nor any other created thing, will be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.



Keep your focus on the Lord and the light and the things of darkness will cower in that darkness.

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Think about it…!

And now even more to think about… only in the Full Edition of CQ Rewind!

(Source: Wikipedia) The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from Mesopotamia and is among the

earliest known works of literature. Scholars believe that it originated as a series of Sumerian

legends and poems about the protagonist of the story, Gilgamesh king of Uruk, which were

fashioned into a longer Akkadian epic much later. The most complete version existing today is

preserved on 12 clay tablets from the library collection of 7th-century BC Assyrian king

Ashurbanipal. The epic was originally titled in Akkadian Sha naqba īmuru ("He who Saw the

Deep") or Shūtur eli sharrī ("Surpassing All Other Kings"), the opening words in the different respective versions. The story revolves around a relationship between Gilgamesh and his close

companion, Enkidu. Enkidu is a wild man created by the gods as Gilgamesh's equal to distract him from oppressing the citizens of Uruk. Together they undertake dangerous quests that incur the displeasure of the gods. Firstly, they journey to the Cedar Mountain to defeat Humbaba, its monstrous guardian. Later they kill the Bull of Heaven that the goddess Ishtar has sent to punish Gilgamesh for spurning her advances. As a result of these actions, the gods sentence Enkidu to death.

The latter part of the epic focuses on Gilgamesh's distressed reaction to Enkidu's death, which takes the form of a quest for immortality. Gilgamesh attempts to learn the secret of eternal life by undertaking a long and perilous journey to meet the immortal flood hero, Utnapishtim. Ultimately the poignant words addressed to Gilgamesh in the midst of his quest foreshadow the end result: "The life that you are seeking you will never find. When the gods created man they allotted to him death, but life they retained in their own keeping." Gilgamesh, however, was celebrated by posterity for his building achievements, and for recovering the flood story and long-lost cultic knowledge as a result of his meeting with Utnapishtim. The story is widely read in many translations, and the protagonist, Gilgamesh, has become an icon of popular culture.

…The earliest Sumerian poems are now considered to be distinct stories rather than constituting a single epic. They date from as early as the Third Dynasty of Ur (2150-2000 BC). The earliest Akkadian versions are dated to the early second millennium, most likely in the eighteenth or seventeenth century BC, when one or more authors used existing literary material to form the epic of Gilgamesh. The "standard" Akkadian version, consisting of 12 tablets, was edited by Sin-liqe-unninni sometime between 1300 and 1000 BC and was found in the library of Ashurbanipal in Nineveh.

(Source: Wikipedia) Electronic voice phenomena (EVP) are electronically generated noises that resemble speech, but are not the result of intentional voice recordings or renderings. Common sources of EVP include static, stray radio transmissions, and background noise. Recordings of EVP are often created from background sound by increasing the gain (i.e. sensitivity) of the recording equipment. Interest in EVP surrounds claims that it is of paranormal origin, although many occurrences have had natural explanations including apophenia (finding significance in insignificant phenomena), auditory pareidolia (interpreting random sounds as voices in one's own language), equipment artifacts, and hoaxes. Parapsychologist Konstantin Raudive, who popularized the idea, described EVP as typically brief, usually the length of a word or short phrase.

These next two sets of scriptures give us a sense of how demon possession works:



Luke 4:33-36: (NRSV) 33In the synagogue there was a man who had the spirit of an unclean demon, and he cried out with a loud voice, 34Let us alone! What have you to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are, the Holy One of God. 35But Jesus rebuked him, saying, Be silent, and come out of him! When the demon had thrown him down before them, he came out of him without having done him any harm. 36They were all amazed and kept saying to one another, What kind of utterance is this? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and out they come!

Demon/Devil: Strongs #1140, daimonion dahee-mon’-ee-on; daemonic being; by extension a deity: devil, god.

vs:

Had: Strongs #2192, 1) to have, i.e. to hold, 1a) to have (hold) in the hand, in the sense of wearing, to have (hold) possession of the mind (refers to alarm, agitating emotions, etc.), to

hold fast keep, to have or comprise or involve, to regard or consider or hold as

� Man possessed by an unclean spirit

� The “demon” comes out of him – Jesus commanded the demon to come out (#1537 – out from) and it literally fled from him (second word “out” in vs. 36 #575)

� Jesus commands the unclean spirits

Luke 8:26-31: (NRSV) 26Then they arrived at the country of the Gerasenes, which is opposite Galilee. 27As he stepped out on land, a man of the city who had demons met him. For a long time he had worn no clothes, and he did not live in a house but in the tombs. 28When he saw Jesus, he fell down before him and shouted at the top of his voice, What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me-- 29for Jesus had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. (For many times it had seized him; he was kept under guard and bound with chains and shackles, but he would break the bonds and be driven by the demon into the wilds.) 30Jesus then asked him, What is your name? He said, Legion; for many demons had entered him. 31They begged him not to order them to go back into the abyss.

Who is doing the actual talking to Jesus in these examples – the demon or the man? The actual demon is not in the individual, but the power and influence of that demon is. Demons enter humans by way of control and not in a physical sense so it controls the body and the words, but the man is physically speaking.

One last motivating text relating to the work of spreading the Gospel: Acts 26:12-19: (NKJV) 12While thus occupied, as I journeyed to Damascus with authority and commission from the chief priests, 13at midday, O king, along the road I saw a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, shining around me and those who journeyed with me. 14And when we all had fallen to the ground, I heard a voice speaking to me and saying in the Hebrew language, Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads. 15So I said, Who are you, Lord?’ And he said, I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. 16But rise and stand on your feet; for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to make you a minister and a witness both of the things which you have seen and of the things which I will yet reveal to you. 17I will deliver you from the Jewish people, as well as from the Gentiles, to whom I now send you, 18to open their eyes, in order to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, that they may receive forgiveness of sins and an inheritance among those who are sanctified by faith in me.19Therefore, King Agrippa, I was not disobedient to the heavenly vision…

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